Epiphanius' Panarion is a very important historical source. One need not appreciate him personally or his writing style to see that his confidence that he can refute heretics and his work to learn about various groups and their literature allows him to quote from them and describe them extensively, using many now-lost, hence quite valuable, sources.
best, Stephen Goranson Quoting Dierk van den Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Epiphanius' half-witted Panarion is not even a tertiary source for a serious > > approach to the historicity of the DSS. Personally I have not enough > sitzfleisch to deal with his obscure 'faces', amalgamated with a will that > is doubtlessly off one's trolley and wholly bent on multiplication and > ubiquity of the demon of heresy. > > _Dierk > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Goranson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 2:16 PM > Subject: [Megillot] Neil Altman on Qumran, Toronto Star > > > > > > Neil Altman, "Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?" in the 19 Feb, Toronto Star > > > > http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer? > > > pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1108595411286&call_pageid=97 > > 0599119419 > > > > again tries to revive the claim that the Qumran scrolls are medieval, > > without > > mentioning evidence that they date to the Second Temple Period. The > > article > > explicitly misrepresents texts by Epiphanius. Etc. More details available > > if > > interested. > > > > best, > > Stephen Goranson > > _______________________________________________ > > g-Megillot mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mailman.McMaster.CA/mailman/listinfo/g-megillot > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > g-Megillot mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.McMaster.CA/mailman/listinfo/g-megillot > _______________________________________________ g-Megillot mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.McMaster.CA/mailman/listinfo/g-megillot
